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• Industry overviews and quick background:
• Encyclopedia of American Industries. Detroit: Gale

Hunt Ref 338.0973 E562A2


• Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries. Detroit: Gale

Hunt Ref 338.0973 E56
• Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys. NY: Standard & Poor's Corporation.

Hunt Ready Ref 338.7 S78. Also available online via S&P's Net Advantage.
• US Industrial Outlook. Detroit: Gale.

Hunt Ready Ref 338.0973 U58
• US Industry Profiles. Detroit: Gale.

Hunt Ready Ref 338.0973 U585


• Detailed and specific industry information:
• Finance, Insurance and Real Estate USA. Detroit: Gale
  Hunt Ref 330 F4912
  
  
• Industry Reference Handbooks: Computers & Software. Detroit: Dun & Bradstreet/Gale
  Hunt Ref 338.0973 D897 v.1
  
  
• Industry Reference Handbooks: Telecommunications. Detroit: Dun & Bradstreet/Gale
  Hunt Ref 338.0973 D897 v.3
  
  
• Manufacturing USA. Detroit: Gale

Hunt Ref 338.4767 M294
• Manufacturing Worldwide: Industry Analyses, Statistics, Products, and Leading Companies and Countries. Detroit: Gale, 1995.

Hunt Ref 338.4767 M2942
• Service Industries USA. Detroit: Gale

Hunt Ref 338.4 S4912
• Wholesale and Retail Trade USA. Detroit: Gale

Hunt Ref 381.0973 W628






• Industry ratio books:

Ratio books contain information about industry averages for finacial statement items. They are useful for comparing individual companies to their industry as a whole or for cross-industry comparisons.

• Dun & Bradstreet's Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios

Hunt Ref 338.5 I42
• RMA Annual Statement Studies. Philadelphia: Robert Morris Associates.

Hunt Ref 657.3 R627




• SIC code definitions and look-ups:

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code system was developed by the U.S. government to classify products and services. They can be used, with varying success, to categorize business information by industry. Many of the resources listed above are arranged by SIC code. To identify the 4-digit SIC code for your industry, consult either of the first two resources listed below. A revised system, NAICS (pronounced "nakes") has been devised and is gradually being incorporated into common use. Consult either of the second two resources below for NAICS codes. To identify major SIC codes for a company, see the Company Directories section. Expect these same resources to adopt NAICS codes soon.

• Standard Industrial Classification Search (SIC)
• Standard Industrial Classification Manual. Washington: Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 1987.

Hunt Ready Ref 338.083 S7852
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
• North American Industry Classification System. Lanham, MD: Bernan, 1998.

Hunt Ready Ref 657.3 R62